'Extraordinary moment' - Kirsty Coventry elected as new IOC President - video Dailymotion

Kirsty Coventry has become the first female and first African to be elected as president of the IOC

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00:00The 144th IOC session has elected as the tenth president of the International

00:09Olympic Committee Mrs. Kirsty Coventry.

00:30This is an extraordinary moment. As a nine-year-old girl I did never thought

00:40that I would be standing up here one day getting to give back to this incredible

00:45movement of ours. This is not just a huge honor but it is a reminder of my

00:54commitment to every single one of you that I will lead this organization with

01:00so much pride with the values at the core and I will make all of you very

01:06very proud and hopefully extremely confident in the decision that you've

01:12taken today.